Hemisphere
Released in 2010 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
INTRO
Dm
C
Dm
VERSE 1
Dm
Twelve-storey freighter with its deck a
Gm
blaze
Dm
Bound for a jetty from where old men
Gm
gaze
Am
No sirens,
F#m
no questions
Em
Dm
Dm
Off on my journey with the life I’ve
Gm
led
Dm
Car-circled islands where the conscripts
Gm
begged
F7
‘neath hills where where comfort basked
F7
Tract homes now weed and ash
F7
Supper’s ready, super-ready
CHORUS 1
Cm7
Sun hits the towers in the hemisphere
Cm7
Day has come, give a mighty cheer
Gm
You will have your
Ab7sus2
answer
Gm
You will have your
Ab9
answer
Cm7
Now you’re a creature of the barren wastes
Cm7
No consulate and no escape
Bbm
Nature
de
Ebm7
cides and sheds no
F7sus4
tears
VERSE 2
Dm
Talk loud til midday, last night’s sackcloth
Gm
worn
Dm
Teeth and applause as a switch is
Gm
thrown
Am
Next backyard,
F#m
screen door
Em
barred
Dm
Dm
Off on my journey with the things I’ve
Gm
been
Dm
Teeth and applause from an airport
Gm
screen
F7
What harm if this time I crash
F7
Case settled in one one final flash
F7
We stayed faithful, the years semi-gainful
CHORUS 2
Cm7
Sun hits the towers in the hemisphere
Cm7
Smashed empty towers from which birds appear
Gm
Continents
di
Ab7sus2
vide
us
Gm
Emptiness won’t
Ab9
hide
us
Cm7
Made me a creature of the midday cloud
Cm7
White glare of dawn winds the sky a shroud
Bbm
Wind changes,
Ebm7
now all we’ve said must
F7sus4
freeze
F7
INTERLUDE
G#m7
All through the mall-filled valleys
G#m7
The cartels ran the bulls
G#m7
No more cards of platinum
They
D#7
came for lives not
E7/G#
goods
VERSE 3
Dm
Twelve-storey freighter with its guts on
Gm
fire
Dm
Lights up this harbour as the day ex
Gm
pires
Am
Gone gentle
F#m
to pirate rental
Em
Dm
Dm
Sit face to face, nightfall number
Gm
two
Dm
Sickbed and dayjob gutting me and
Gm
you
F7
Short sleeve and open plan
F7
They printed flags for the cola stands
F7
Opined and hurried
F7
Soon dead and buried
CHORUS 3
Cm7
Sun sets on towers in the hemisphere
Cm7
Day has gone, but its strain’s still here
Gm
When we have our
Ab7sus2
answer
Gm
Will it be time for
Ab9
cancer?
We
Cm7
trusted a backdrop which was blown away
Cm7
Now behold your endless twilit stage
Bbm
A toiling mass
Ebm7
divides and disap
F7sus4
pears
E7/B